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Ask A Mentor: Do I Spill or Be Still?

Ask A Mentor: Do I Spill or Be Still?

by Women Communicators of Austin | Mar 11, 2019 | Ask a Mentor, Blog, Featured Home, WCAustin

Got your own career conundrum you’d like advice on? Then sign up for the WCA peer mentoring program. It’s free to members! It’s all about peers who care helping their fellow WCA members. Do I Spill or Be Still? Compiled and edited by Julie Tereshchuk Dear...

How Creativity Can Help Keep Your Freelance Career Varied

by Women Communicators of Austin | Feb 22, 2019 | Freelance Austin Blog, Freelance Tips, Marketing & Self Promotion

Making your living as a freelancer may afford you a great deal of flexibility, but any career path can become stale if you allow yourself to fall into a basic routine. And in some ways, a lack of variety can be worse for a freelancer than for a traditional full-time...
Ask a Mentor: How do I job hunt when I’m socially awkward?

Ask a Mentor: How do I job hunt when I’m socially awkward?

by Women Communicators of Austin | Nov 26, 2018 | Ask a Mentor, Featured Home

Dear Mentors,
I’m somewhat socially awkward—in fact, I’d go so far as to call myself an introvert. How am I going to be able to look for a new job?
I can’t bear the thought of having to network, or go in front of an interview panel to talk about…

Ask a Mentor: When Do I Tell Someone They’re Under-performing?

Ask a Mentor: When Do I Tell Someone They’re Under-performing?

by Women Communicators of Austin | Oct 10, 2018 | Ask a Mentor, Blog, Featured Home

Dear Mentors,
How long do I wait to tell someone they are under-performing? My recent promotion means I have some new direct reports. I’m struggling with one young team member. She is very enthusiastic but needs a LOT…

WCA Student Career Services Is Back In Session

WCA Student Career Services Is Back In Session

by Women Communicators of Austin | Oct 6, 2018 | Blog, Featured Home, uncategorized, WCAustin

Attention communications students! WCA is reorganizing our student services so that we continue investing in your future by helping our communications students grow and succeed well into their professional years. Our mission is to provide unparalleled opportunities...
Five Reasons You Need to Get Smart with WCA

Five Reasons You Need to Get Smart with WCA

by Women Communicators of Austin | Oct 1, 2018 | Blog, Featured Home

By Leah Fisher Nyfeler This title sure sounds like self-help clickbait; you’re probably expecting breezy info on super foods, mega-vitamins, maybe a cute kitten, and those five surprising things you’ll never believe! What would you say to info about and access to...
11 Professional Conferences That Should Be On Your Radar This Fall

11 Professional Conferences That Should Be On Your Radar This Fall

by Women Communicators of Austin | Sep 12, 2018 | Blog, Featured Home

In celebration and support of YOU, each of our readers, fearlessly architecting your individual careers this “Back to School” season, Women Communicators of Austin has compiled a list of local professional development conferences that we hope will provide value and...

Go to the Next Networking Event, You Might Just Meet a Best Friend

by Women Communicators of Austin | Sep 11, 2018 | Blog, Featured Home, uncategorized, WCAustin

by Jennifer Prestigiacomo Networking happy hours are not my favorite place to be. In fact, I’d rather go to the dentist than go to a networking event. I feel like I have to put on this alternate business professional version of myself complete with plastered-on smile,...
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